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WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSON
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
March 17, 1942 – April 22, 1966
Service recordWilliam Brewster Nickerson, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 22, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 85 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63
- Born
- March 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 85 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 128
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- CLYDE HALLMaster Sergeant · April 22, 1966
- TERRY ALLEN RIPPYSpecialist Four · April 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANKLIN WEIMORTSLieutenant Commander · Panel 6E, Line 129
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT CAUTHERNCorporal · November 8, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.